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Dec. 31, 1940.

gmc/whom Geo/ye Z3. Vozz/'el' Dec. 31, 1940.` G. P. CLOUTHIERl SHOE PoLIsHING KIT Filed Aug. 1l, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lllhl u.. lllllhhulllllrlllllllrlll IllIlll Il www@ Patented Dec. 31, 1940 snes Portier-nivo. rn'r f George P. oleuthier, Hubbell, Mish., assigner of one-half to Fred W. Burritt, Houghtomlvlich.

Application August l1,

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a new and useful kit for use in polishing shoes, and the primary object of the presentl invention is to provide a device of this kind wherein the elements necessary for polishing shoes are cooperatively arranged and associated in a compact and accessible mannery so that the same are respectively available for ready and convenient use.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a kit of the abo-ve kind which is comparatively simple in construction and eicient in use, and which embodies a polish applicator, a polish spreader, and a polishing buffer so combined and related as to present them for convenient instantaneous selective use.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a novel arrangement of polish applicator and mounting thereof in a supporting frame constituting the backing for the polish spreading material and bu'ing material of the polish spreader and buffer, the supporting frame includ- 'ing separable sections for facilitating access tov the polish reservoir of the polish applicator and to facilitate renewal of the polish spreading and buing elements of the polish spreader and. the buiier.

With the above and other objects in view, the present invention consists in the novel form, combination and arrangement-of parts hereinafter vmore fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

ln the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of Va polishing kit constructed in -accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a similar view with the cover for the brush of the polish applicator removed and with the sections of the supporting frame displaced `from operative relation as in the act of connecting or disconnecting them.

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the device as shown in Figure 1, drawn on a reduced scale.

Figure 4 is an end elevation looking toward the left of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is ;a central longitudinal section on line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a transverse section through the supporting frame with the polish applicator and the polish spreading and buffing elements removed, and as seen looking toward the left of Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a View similar to Figure 6 as the device appears looking toward the right of Figure 5.

,1933, Serial N0. 224,331

(Cl. 15-258) y Figure 8l is 'a view partly in side elevation partly in section, of the polish applicator.

Figure 9 is an end elevational view of the cover for the brushportion of the applicator; and

and

Figure 10 is a side elevational view of the cover shown in Figure v9.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the present kit includes a hollow supporting frame composed of separable longitudinal half-sections 5 and 5a formed of sheet metal and of generally channel shape. These sections5 and 5d are separably connected by slidably interfitting them, the side members oi' section 5 being provided along their free edges vwith outwardly directed channels 5 snugly and slidably receiving similar channels 5Z lformed along Athe longitudinal free edges of the section 5a. The section 5a constitutes the back of a buii'ingl device including a pad 6 of sponge rubber or the like and a fabriccovering 'I applied over theintermediate portion of section 5 and extending partly over the sides thereof as shown clearly in several of the views. This covering is turned in at the ends of section 5 as at 8, and such inturned ends are separably connected under tension by means of an elastic strap 9 attached to onev of the ends and provided with a hook I0 engaged with an eye II attached to the other' end. Thus, the covering I is maintained in a taut condition, and it may be readily removed for renewal when necessary.

In a like manner, the section 5a. of the frame constitutes the back of a polish spreading device consisting of a pelt I2 of lamb skin or the like with attached fur, and preferably carried by an inelastic fabric backing. The pelt is arranged to cover the intermediate portion of section 5a and to extend down the sides thereof as clearly shown in lseveral ofthe views, and the ends of its backing are turned in as at I3 and connected under tension bypmeans of an elastic strap I4 attached to one of the ends and provided with a hook I5 engagingan eye I5 attached to the other end. Thus, the Vpolish spreading element is secured in place under tension so as to be maintained in a taut emcient condition and so that the same may be` readily removed for renewal When desired.

v In View of the above, it will be seen that the structure thus far described may be referred to vas, polish spreading and bufling yelements 4each having ya back" consisting of a channel-shaped member with the polish spreading and buffing elements applied to the outside of the intermediate portions thereof, said backs being separably slidably telescoped along their free longitudinal edges. Each of the backs or sections 5 and 5av is provided with a brace rigidly connecting the side members or portions thereof adjacent one end of the same as at I'I, the brace being spaced from the channel-shaped edge lportion and from the intermediate portion of its respective back member or section 5 or 5a. Thus, the braces do not interfere with slidable interengagement of the sections 5 and 5a or the turning of the ends 8 and I3 inwardly for being connected together as described. The braces II naturally prevent spreading of the side members of the sections 5 and 5a. and render the same rigid and durable.

The present kit also includes a polish applicator consisting of a reservoir in the form of a collapsible metal tube of polishing material I8 provided with a dispensing key I9 at its closed end in a conventional or well known manner. This collapsible tube I8 has the usual threaded outlet Aneck 2-0 4which is inserted in a central openingofj ka further fbracing Aplate r2 I connecting `the side members of the frame section 5a at the end opposite that at which the rbraces I1 are arranged. This bracing plate 2| is also spaced from the intermediate portions of the sections k5 and 5a vas clearly shown in Figure 7 so as to permit ready turning in of the adjacent end `portions 8 and I3 Vof the fabric covering I `and pelt I2. Riveted or otherwise secured at 22 to base 23 of. a cover to be presently described, and

`centrally arranged Within this base 23 is a brush member 24 having a .carrying base 25 threaded onto the stem 2D of collapsible tube I8 into tight engagement with the base 23 soas to rigidly connect the parts together with the tube I8 and brush element 24 rigidly supported by the bracing plate ZI A gasket or washer-25 Vis preferably arranged on the neck 29 between the bracing plate 2| `andthe collapsible tube I8 to insure a leakprooijoint whereby the blacking may not ow rearwardly through the plate 2I onto the col- '.lapsible tube I8' and surrounding parts. `With the polish applicator thus constructed and supported, the brush element 24 is disposed to project atfone end of the unitcomposed of the .sep-

arable polish spreading and buing devices.

`With the kit held in the .hand by use of said devices as a handle, the polish may be .readily applied after a suitable quantity `of the polish has been expelled from 'the'tube I8 into the brush member ,'24 by operation vof the key I9. Such operation of the key I9 will be permitted if the `maybe spread by using lfthe deviceso that the pelt l2 isfplacedin service', after which the desiredluster maybe vimparted through use vof bufiing' device including fabric 1. y

When the device is not in use, it is desirable the to cover the brush. member 24 and to provide means for hanging the kit in a convenient place. For this purpose, a cover or elongated cap 2l is provided which may be Adisposed over the brush vice may be hung in a desired place.

From the above description, it is believed that the construction and manner of use, as Well as the advantages of the present invention, will be readily understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art. It will be seen that the device is extremely simple in construction, compact, durable, and convenient to use. The device pro-` vides all of the elements necessary to polishing shoes in an orderly and readily usable relationship. Also, `the device is designed for economical manufacture and to otherwise meet the requirements for successful commercial use. In lorder to feed the polishing material to a point near the outer end of the brush member 24 for direct application to the shoe, said brush member .24 may have a feed tube 24'` adapted to communicate at `its inner end with the neck 2U `and `terminating within the brush member 24 near vthe outer end Vofthe latter.

What I claim as new` is:

1. A shoe polishing k'it comprising a supporting framecomposed oi longitudinal channel-shaped .half sectionsslidably detachably connected along their longitudinal edges,` a polish spreading element appliedto the `intermediate portion of one Aof said sections, .a buiing element applied to the intermediate portion of the other section, a bracing plate connecting the sides of one of said sections. at one` end of the latter, ,and a fountain polish applicator supported by said bracing plate and including'a brush member projecting outwardlyfbeyond the adjacent end of said section, further bracers` connecting thefsides of said sections at the endopposite that at which the firstnamed bracingplatejis arranged, said bracing ,plate and bracersbeing spaced from the intermediate portions of .said sections, and the ends of the polish spreading and bufng material being turned inwardly and connected together inwardly of saidr bracing plateand bracers.

.2g In a shoev polishing kit, a hollow frame having polish spreading'and buliing elements on opposite sides thereoia plate extending across one end of said frame and provided with a central opening, a reservoir having an outlet neck eX- tending through said opening, and a brush member threaded on said neck and clamping the reservoir and brush member together on opposite sides of said plate. I l

a shoe polishing kit, a hollow frame having polish spreading and bung elements on `opposite sides thereof, a plate secured to and extending across one end of vsaid, frame and provided 4Awith a centralopening, a reservoir having yan outlet neck extending through said opening, a` brush member threaded on said neck and clamping the reservoir and brush member togetheron opposite sides of and to said plate, a hollow base attached to said plate between the `latter and said brush member, and a removable -cover'or' said brush 'member detachably con- `necte'dto'saidbaself GEORGE P. CLOUTHIER. 

